
Beginning January 2025 year new regulations for L4 employees will begin applying. One of the breakthrough changes is the end of the absolute prohibition of work on sick leave. A this
is not the end.
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Revolution in L4 from January 2025
At the end of October the draft revolution of the law on social insurance system and some other laws was published. The document introduces among other things, revolution on sickness and control of certificates of temporary disability to work.
The provisions define among other things, what the sick will be able to do while on medical leave. A will be able to , among other things. work and will not expose him to loss of sickness benefits, but under certain conditions.
– It is proposed to depart from the rule, according to which any performance of work for one contribution-payer in the period of receiving sick from employment by an other contribution-payer, disqualifies the insured right to gratuity for the whole period of medical leave – as indicated in the justification of the amendment.
This refers to the situation, when an employee is employed at two employers.
– disability to work due to disease will be declared under specified title, a in frame other work may be performed, when the type of work does not justify the determination of unfitness to work in that case. It follows from that it will be possible to receive disability from one title, and from the second title wages for work – explained.
The Ministry of Family, Labor and Social Policy explains, that possible situations are, that the health state of the employee will adversely affect the ability to perform one of the jobs,
if they are of different types. – E.g., a hoarseness will prevent a journalist from conducting auditions on television, but does not constitute
an obstacle to work ineditorial or other institution – read.
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This is not the end of changes. Also defined is the prerequisite, which resulted in withdrawal of sickness benefits, which is performing “activity inconsistent with the purpose of release from work.”
– Activities such are any activities that impede or extend the treatment process or recovery. At the same time it has been proposed to introduce the observation, that activities inconsistent with the purpose of release from work would not be ordinary day activities or incidental activities, which are during the period of release from work required by essential circumstances – read.
This is among other things about:
- purchasing food,
- medicines,
- medical supplies,
- admission to medical treatment
- or medical check .
The project indicated, that if the insured documented, that his absence during the check L4 was justified by health reasons or by the necessity to take incidental activities, which are taken in the period of release from work required by important circumstances, indicated sanction in the post of withdrawal of sickness allowance will not
apply.
– This is about cases, when the insured in particular has visited a doctor, rehabilitation, had been taken for
examinations, to the pharmacy or to walk in recovery. In the case of care activities such will be for example.
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